CETA
The Governor can designate counties as agencies of the State to contract with nonprofit private agencies to utilize funds to provide public service jobs under Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. 66-15
Child labor
Under the Neighborhood Youth Corps program authorized by Title I-B of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. secs. 2701-2994d), all enrollees of this federally sponsored and locally administered program are employes under the Wisconsin Child Labor Laws and, therefore, must be covered by suitable work permits unless exempt because of age or the nature of their activities. The Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations does not have the authority to waive the permit fee even though this program is federally sponsored and largely financed by federal funds as the relationship of employer-employe still exists, there being no statutory exemption. 62-256
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations may lawfully issue child labor permits to girls aged 12 and 13 to be employed as caddies on golf courses. 63-513
Collective bargaining
Matters within the scope of bargaining as set forth in sec. 111.91, Stats., agreed to by the Department of Administration and a state employe union are not effective until submitted as tentative agreements to and approved by the Joint Committee on Employment Relations. Action of the Secretary of the Department of Administration in agreeing to so-called non-recrimination clause was within his discretion but the clause itself is unenforceable until approved by the Joint Committee on Employment Relations. 67-38
Conviction records
1. A licensing agency may not ask an applicant about juvenile delinquency records. 2. A licensing agency may request information from an applicant regarding conviction records under sec. 111.32(5)(h), Stats. 67-327
Discrimination
1. A licensing agency may not ask an applicant about juvenile delinquency records. 2. A licensing agency may request information from an applicant regarding conviction records under sec. 111.32(5)(h), Stats. 67-327
A state agency may insist on the presence of legal counsel when making agency personnel available for informal interviews conducted by Personnel Commission equal rights officers in the course of investigating complaints of employment discrimination against such state agency, where the equal rights officers wishes to (1) conduct on the job interviews of nonmanagerial personnel, or (2) interview agency supervisors who are not named or "immediately" involved in the discriminatory actions in question. 70-167
Grievance records
Public records relating to employe grievances are not generally exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Law, and nondisclosure must be justified on a case-by-case basis. 73-20
Hiring above the minimum"
"Raised hiring rate" and "hiring above the minimum" practices utilized by Administrator of Division of Personnel pursuant to section Pers 5.02(1) and (2) Wis. Adm. Code are primarily matters of compensation and wage rates related to salary-schedule adjustments and are subject to collective bargaining in some degree under sec. 111.91(1), Stats. (Unpub.). 65-1978
Layoffs
Layoff and reinstatement provisions in sec. 118.23, Stats., are to be applied separately to classroom teachers and principals. 70-6
Migrant workers
"Sharecropping" or other agreements attempting to establish the migrant worker as an independent contractor violate the Wisconsin Migrant Law, secs. 103.90-103.97, Stats. 71-92
Minimum wage
Section 104.01 to 104.12, Stats., inclusive, known as the Minimum Wage Law, do not apply to the State or its political subdivisions as employers. 62-47
Prison guards
Upon appropriate call, state traffic patrol officers may act as peace officers during a prison riot or other disturbance even when this occurs during a strike of prison guards; they may not, however, perform other duties of guards. 68-104
Raised hiring rate"
"Raised hiring rate" and "hiring above the minimum" practices utilized by Administrator of Division of Personnel pursuant to section Pers 5.02(1) and (2) Wis. Adm. Code are primarily matters of compensation and wage rates related to salary-schedule adjustments and are subject to collective bargaining in some degree under sec. 111.91(1), Stats. (Unpub.). 65-1978
Ski resorts and amusement parks
Public ski resorts and amusement parks which make a charge for enjoyment of their facilities are subject to rules relating to employment made under secs. 103.01 to 103.03, Stats. (Unpub.). 72-1978
Turnkey construction
Turnkey construction may be used for the construction of public works projects unless another method expressly is required. Municipalities are subject to sec. 66.293(3), Stats., the prevailing wage law, on contracts for any project of public works even if done by the turnkey method. 64-100
Turnkey" projects
Typical "turnkey" projects financed by industrial development revenue bonds pursuant to sec. 66.521, Stats., are not subject to sec. 66.293(3), Stats. 63-145
LAC DU FLAMBEAU INDIANS
See also INDIANS
Zoning
The Lac du Flambeau Indian Tribe has exclusive authority to zone Indian land, and has concurrent jurisdiction with the State to zone private property within the Tribe's reservation boundaries unless county zoning would infringe on tribal self-government. 71-191
LAKES
See also WATERS
Artificial lakes
An artificial waterway connected with or located within 500 feet of a navigable waterway is a public waterway to which public access must be provided pursuant to sections 236.16(3) and 30.19(1)(a) and (5), Stats. 76-316
Boating fees
The delegation of authority to local governments to collect boater fees for miscellaneous "recreational boating services," under sections 30.77(3)(e)1.c. and 33.475, Stats., is unconstitutional. 79-185
LAND
See also PUBLIC LANDS
Advance land acquisitions"
Agencies engaging in "advance land acquisitions" must comply with sec. 32.19, Stats., et seq., Wisconsin's Relocation Assistance and Payment Law. 63-201
County property
Although a county may not acquire land specifically for the purpose of leasing that land to a private entity licensed to operate a racetrack under section 562.05(1)(a), Stats., it may lease land initially acquired for a valid public purpose to such a private entity, unless the circumstances of the lease demonstrate that the land has become surplus land. 80-80
A county board may not give land to a private corporation. The adequacy as consideration for the conveyance of land of a promise by a private corporation to build and operate a factory on the land involves the application of the public purpose doctrine to the specific facts of the conveyance. 80-341
Federal land patent
Original conveyance of land by federal land patent does not consequentially affect the state's jurisdiction over the land. 81-104
Jurisdiction over
Original conveyance of land by federal land patent does not consequentially affect the state's jurisdiction over the land. 81-104
Mineral rights
Under section 706.057, Stats., owner of the surface of land under which mineral rights have lapsed must record a claim to the lapsed mineral rights in order to foreclose separate mineral rights owner from curing the lapse. 79-61
Minimum lot width and area requirements
Each of two adjacent platted lots may not be divided for the purpose of sale or building development if such division will result in lots or parcels which do not comply with minimum lot width and area requirements established under sec. 236.16(1), Stats. Section 236.335, Stats., discussed. 63-122
Outlots
A proposed plat under ch. 236, Stats., may not consist solely of outlots, whether or not the proposed outlots are intended for the purpose of sale or building development. Other questions concerning outlots answered. 66-238
